The work of UNECE on the transport of perishable foodstuffs goes back to 1948 when, with the food shortages after the Second World War, it was decided to set up a Working Party to look into the nature and extent of international traffic in perishable foodstuffs, to ascertain operating difficulties and to study transport requirements for subsequent years
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28 December 2011
Tajikistan acceded to the ATP, becoming the 46th Contracting Party to the Agreement. In accordance with Article 11 (2), the ATP will enter into force for Tajikistan on 28 December 2012. (C.N.816.2011.TREATIES-7).
15 November 2011
At its recent session (Geneva, 25-28 October 2011), the Working Party on the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs (WP.11) adopted a testing procedure for multi-temperature, multi-compartment equipment for inclusion in the ATP. The text can be found in Annex I to the report of the session (ECE/TRANS/WP.11/224).
26 July 2011
The Government of Germany has made a communication pursuant to Article 18 (2) (b) of the Agreement stating that although it intends to accept the proposal of amendments to the ATP transmitted by C.N.67.2011.TREATIES-1 of 11 February 2011, the conditions necessary for such acceptance are not yet fulfilled (C.N.493.2011.TREATIES-2).
Legal updates
Depositary notifications concerning the ATP
Accession: Tajikistan (C.N.816.2011.TREATIES-7 of 28 December 2011)
Proposal of amendments to Annex 1 of the ATP (C.N.807.2011.TREATIES-8 of 23 December 2011)
Proposal of corrections to article 2 and to annex 1, appendix 3A of the Agreement (C.N.759.2011.TREATIES-3 of 28 November 2011)
Germany: Communication pursuant to Article 18 (2) (b) of the Agreement (C.N.493.2011.TREATIES-2 of 26 July 2011)
Proposal of amendments to the Annexes to the ATP (C.N.67.2011.TREATIES-1 of 11 February 2011)
